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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;; color: black;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What’s in your camera pack?&nbsp;</span></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;; color: black;">I shoot all Canon and all SPL water housings. SPLs are the lightest and the strongest. That’s pretty important when you’re in big surf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>For bodies, in the water I use Canon Mark IIIs and then I have a Canon 5d for anything I don’t need a motor drive for. As for lens, there are really three main ones. I have a 500mm that I shoot from the shore with, a 70-200 that I shoot in the water with, and a fisheye for everything underwater. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">You competed at the Whistler Ski and Snowboard Festival against all these ski photographers. Do you see a lot of similarities between ski photography and surf photography?</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">When I look at ski photography and surfing, they are so similar in the mindset. We can all relate to it. The actual action is the same kind of thing, as is the lifestyle, very similar. Obviously, you’re going to have to learn how to surf or ski but the photography should cross over relatively easy. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What sort of tips do you have for aspiring photographers?</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Times;">Nowadays, there are so many photographers that it’s all about being creative. You <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">have</strong> to do something that will make somebody raise an eyebrow. Look at something that hasn’t been done a lot and try to really find a creative new angle on things. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">I bet you’ve had some scary moments on the job. Do any stand out?</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I’ve had times at Pipeline where I’ve been held under so long that I’ve come up and had no idea where I was. I’ve had jet skis land on me, I’ve been hit by surfers, and I’ve been hit by my own housings. But really the worst thing ever is being in the wrong place on a really big day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>And you know, it never rattled me but these days, I’ll tell ya, when you get older you start being more cautious and that’s a really bad thing. You start being cautious and thinking too much, that’s when you get into trouble. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.brianbielmann.com" target="_blank">www.brianbielmann.com</a>. To see the rest of his images, become a fan of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Haleiwa-HI/Brian-Bielmann-Photography/94110376917?ref=ts" target="_blank">Brian Bielmann on Facebook</a>.</span></p><p>To see the complete slide show, click <a href="http://tinyurl.com/22ucltw" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><script src="http://www.avantlink.com/product_ad_widget/paw.php?pawid=18609&amp;pw=2246&amp;output=js" type="text/javascript"></script></p>
Brian Bielmann is a Hawaii-based surf photographer who shoots for magazines like Transworld Surf and companies like Volcom and Red Bull. In April, he competed against ski photographers at a photo contest at the Whistler World Ski and Snowboard Festival—and he won. We spoke to Beilmann about the differences between ski and surf photography. <!--paging_filter--><div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-pages">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;; color: black;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What’s in your camera pack?&nbsp;</span></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;; color: black;">I shoot all Canon and all SPL water housings. SPLs are the lightest and the strongest. That’s pretty important when you’re in big surf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>For bodies, in the water I use Canon Mark IIIs and then I have a Canon 5d for anything I don’t need a motor drive for. As for lens, there are really three main ones. I have a 500mm that I shoot from the shore with, a 70-200 that I shoot in the water with, and a fisheye for everything underwater. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">You competed at the Whistler Ski and Snowboard Festival against all these ski photographers. Do you see a lot of similarities between ski photography and surf photography?</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">When I look at ski photography and surfing, they are so similar in the mindset. We can all relate to it. The actual action is the same kind of thing, as is the lifestyle, very similar. Obviously, you’re going to have to learn how to surf or ski but the photography should cross over relatively easy. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What sort of tips do you have for aspiring photographers?</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Times;">Nowadays, there are so many photographers that it’s all about being creative. You <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">have</strong> to do something that will make somebody raise an eyebrow. Look at something that hasn’t been done a lot and try to really find a creative new angle on things. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">I bet you’ve had some scary moments on the job. Do any stand out?</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I’ve had times at Pipeline where I’ve been held under so long that I’ve come up and had no idea where I was. I’ve had jet skis land on me, I’ve been hit by surfers, and I’ve been hit by my own housings. But really the worst thing ever is being in the wrong place on a really big day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>And you know, it never rattled me but these days, I’ll tell ya, when you get older you start being more cautious and that’s a really bad thing. You start being cautious and thinking too much, that’s when you get into trouble. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.brianbielmann.com" target="_blank">www.brianbielmann.com</a>. To see the rest of his images, become a fan of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Haleiwa-HI/Brian-Bielmann-Photography/94110376917?ref=ts" target="_blank">Brian Bielmann on Facebook</a>.</span></p><p>To see the complete slide show, click <a href="http://tinyurl.com/22ucltw" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><script src="http://www.avantlink.com/product_ad_widget/paw.php?pawid=18609&amp;pw=2246&amp;output=js" type="text/javascript"></script></p>
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Mon, 17 May 2010 17:55:57 +0000Niall108065 at http://www.skinet.com/skiingHigh Fives Foundation Reaches Out to Winter Athleteshttp://www.skinet.com/skiing/photo-gallery/high-fives-foundation-reaches-out-winter-athletes?lnk=rss&loc=people
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<div class="caption"><em>Tuscany deep in thought on the chairlift at Alpine Meadows.</em><p>Roy Tuscany knows more about anatomy than the average ski bum. Take his rapid-fire responses to a quiz on vertebrate, for example.</p><p>Where is the T9? Belly button.</p><p>How about the T12? Bottom rib.</p></div>
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<div class="caption"><em>Wallace back on skis at Alpine Meadows.</em><p>“The doctors told me it would depend on my own will,” Tuscany says of his recovery. He spent hours in the gym, and many more with a local physical therapist who embraced less traditional methods. But getting back on skis helped him the most.</p><p>“A type of activity like [skiing] is way more fun,” Tuscany says of the grind of physical rehabilitation. “It was such a good feeling, getting back out on the slopes. I said, Let’s get others out too.”</p></div>
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<div class="caption"><em>Tuscany (blue jacket) and Wallace (right) push each other on the snow.</em><p>Wallace and Tuscany have been spending their Sundays this spring at Alpine, where Wallace receives lessons from Disabled Sports USA-Far West and joins Tuscany and friends for freeskiing in the afternoon. “It’s very motivating,” Wallace says of riding with the High Fives crew. “When I ski down something, everyone is really positive and cheers me on—or throws snowballs at me.”</p></div>
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<div class="caption"><em>Wallace runs gates during a Disable Sports USA-Far West event.</em><p>The High Five Foundation’s newest partnership is with the family of the late freeskier <a href="http://www.crjohnson.org" target="_blank">CR Johnson</a>, who died at Squaw in February. Tuscany and Johnson shared a physical therapist in Truckee and sponsorship from Smith Optics. Donations to High Fives in Johnson’s memory will go toward continuing Johnson’s legacy in the winter sports community.</p></div>
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http://www.skinet.com/skiing/photo-gallery/high-fives-foundation-reaches-out-winter-athletes#commentsPeopleSki CultureSki CultureFondue PartyCR JohnsonHigh Fives FoundationRoy TuscanyCaliforniaSmithVolklSierraAlpine Meadowsskiing107963http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/201004/highfivesheader.jpg107962High FivesIn 2006, Roy Tuscany suffered a life-altering spinal injury in a fall on Mammoth Mountain. Four years later, he’s back on skis and helping others return to the slopes through his nonprofit and a partnership with CR Johnson’s family. By Olivia Dwyer
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<div class="caption"><em>Tuscany deep in thought on the chairlift at Alpine Meadows.</em><p>Roy Tuscany knows more about anatomy than the average ski bum. Take his rapid-fire responses to a quiz on vertebrate, for example.</p><p>Where is the T9? Belly button.</p><p>How about the T12? Bottom rib.</p></div>
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<div class="caption"><em>Wallace back on skis at Alpine Meadows.</em><p>“The doctors told me it would depend on my own will,” Tuscany says of his recovery. He spent hours in the gym, and many more with a local physical therapist who embraced less traditional methods. But getting back on skis helped him the most.</p><p>“A type of activity like [skiing] is way more fun,” Tuscany says of the grind of physical rehabilitation. “It was such a good feeling, getting back out on the slopes. I said, Let’s get others out too.”</p></div>
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<div class="caption"><em>Tuscany (blue jacket) and Wallace (right) push each other on the snow.</em><p>Wallace and Tuscany have been spending their Sundays this spring at Alpine, where Wallace receives lessons from Disabled Sports USA-Far West and joins Tuscany and friends for freeskiing in the afternoon. “It’s very motivating,” Wallace says of riding with the High Fives crew. “When I ski down something, everyone is really positive and cheers me on—or throws snowballs at me.”</p></div>
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<div class="caption"><em>Wallace runs gates during a Disable Sports USA-Far West event.</em><p>The High Five Foundation’s newest partnership is with the family of the late freeskier <a href="http://www.crjohnson.org" target="_blank">CR Johnson</a>, who died at Squaw in February. Tuscany and Johnson shared a physical therapist in Truckee and sponsorship from Smith Optics. Donations to High Fives in Johnson’s memory will go toward continuing Johnson’s legacy in the winter sports community.</p></div>
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<p><em>Tuscany deep in thought on the chairlift at Alpine Meadows.</em></p><p>Roy Tuscany knows more about anatomy than the average ski bum. Take his rapid-fire responses to a quiz on vertebrate, for example.</p><p>Where is the T9? Belly button.</p><p>How about the T12? Bottom rib.</p><p>Tuscany rattles off these answers over a six-pack of Budweiser in the Last Chair bar at California’s Alpine Meadows on a sunny spring day. He and Steve Wallace—another skier with an intimate knowledge of spinal structure—have just been out skiing for the afternoon. In 2006, Tuscany was training at Mammoth Mountain when a fall left him paralyzed below his T12 vertebrate. Two years later, Wallace fell while skiing on Granite Chief at Squaw Valley, suffering paralysis from T9 and below. Doctors told both men they may never walk again. But Tuscany walked and then skied, and in 2009, he created the nonprofit <a href="http://www.highfivesfoundation.org" target="_blank">High Fives Foundation</a> to assist athletes who have suffered a life-altering injury while participating in winter action sports. Wallace is the foundation’s first grant recipient.</p>
107964http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/201004/dscf7074.jpgOlivia DwyerBaby Steps
<p><em>Wallace back on skis at Alpine Meadows.</em></p><p>“The doctors told me it would depend on my own will,” Tuscany says of his recovery. He spent hours in the gym, and many more with a local physical therapist who embraced less traditional methods. But getting back on skis helped him the most.</p><p>“A type of activity like [skiing] is way more fun,” Tuscany says of the grind of physical rehabilitation. “It was such a good feeling, getting back out on the slopes. I said, Let’s get others out too.”</p><p>He’s a cheerful, extroverted guy, and named the foundation he formed for all the high fives he shares with friends. Tuscany exudes relentless optimism, but his message of hope fell on deaf ears when he first contacted Wallace.</p><p>“Steve wouldn’t talk to me when he got hurt. I tried to reach out and he wouldn’t talk to me,” Tuscany says. That changed as time passed and Wallace began his recovery process. “As I started to see progress and started to see my body change, instead of thinking, Why me? I thought, Lucky me,” Wallace says.</p>
107967http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/201004/sundayfunday_stevewallace_whichway.jpgRyan LindquistMaking Turns
<p><em>Tuscany (blue jacket) and Wallace (right) push each other on the snow.</em></p><p>Wallace and Tuscany have been spending their Sundays this spring at Alpine, where Wallace receives lessons from Disabled Sports USA-Far West and joins Tuscany and friends for freeskiing in the afternoon. “It’s very motivating,” Wallace says of riding with the High Fives crew. “When I ski down something, everyone is really positive and cheers me on—or throws snowballs at me.”</p><p>Corporate partners have supplied Wallace with gear, including a pair of Volkl’s Bridge skis and Gotama tips to attach to the bottoms of adaptive poles.</p>
107965http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/201004/dscf7086.jpgOlivia DwyerCalling on Friends
<p><em>Wallace runs gates during a Disable Sports USA-Far West event.</em></p><p>The High Five Foundation’s newest partnership is with the family of the late freeskier <a href="http://www.crjohnson.org" target="_blank">CR Johnson</a>, who died at Squaw in February. Tuscany and Johnson shared a physical therapist in Truckee and sponsorship from Smith Optics. Donations to High Fives in Johnson’s memory will go toward continuing Johnson’s legacy in the winter sports community.</p>
Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:37:18 +0000odwyer107963 at http://www.skinet.com/skiingChairlift Interview: Two Minutes with Ian Coblehttp://www.skinet.com/skiing/photo-gallery/chairlift-interview-two-minutes-ian-coble?lnk=rss&loc=people
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<div class="caption"><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><em>On the Skyline Express at Stevens Pass.</em></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Alright Ian. I’m going to drop a chairlift interview on you.</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal">Uh oh. Now?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>Yep.</strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ok.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Tell us about your season so far.</strong><span style="font-weight: normal; "><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></p></div>
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http://www.skinet.com/skiing/photo-gallery/chairlift-interview-two-minutes-ian-coble#commentsPeopleResortsPhotos and MoviesFondue Partyculture photosIan Coblestevens passTyler CeccantiK2WashingtonPacific NorthwestStevens Passskiing107213http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/201003/IMG_2443edit.jpg107212Ian CobleWe got a chance to tag along with Seattle-based photographer Ian Coble and K2 athlete Tyler Ceccanti shooting at Stevens Pass, Washington yesterday. The snow was deep and they killed it. Here’s what Ian had to say about shooting in the Northwest this season. <!--paging_filter--><div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-pages">
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gallery107218http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/201003/img_2420edit.jpgMark LeshIan Coble and Tyler Ceccanti at Stevens Pass
<p><!--StartFragment--></p><p class="MsoNormal"><em>On the Skyline Express at Stevens Pass.</em></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Alright Ian. I’m going to drop a chairlift interview on you.</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal">Uh oh. Now?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><strong>Yep.</strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ok.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Tell us about your season so far.</strong><span style="font-weight: normal; "><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The season so far has been great. November in Washington and British Columbia was just insane. We got tons of snow and it stayed cold. Lots of really good pow days and that carried on through about the middle of December. Then right after the New Year I took a two-and a half week trip with Matchstick Productions to Rogers Pass, BC for a pillow-mission skinning trip with Mark Abma and Eric Hjorleifson with really good snow. It was super deep—probably one of the top three deepest pow days of my life. I got back from that and kind of waited around for the snow. Unfortunately the snow in the Northwest had gone away at that point in time. Fortunately I hooked up with a gig with Salomon to go over to Austria for a couple weeks with Cody Townsend and Elyse Saugstad. Just got back from that and I’ve been home for about a week. As soon as you got to town you brought some snow, so I’m pretty stoked that it’s back to normal again.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Right on. You’re a Nikon shooter. What is your gun of choice?</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal">My gun of choice is the Nikon D3. Loving that. I switched over to that last year and it’s an awesome camera.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>What’s your preferred lense?</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I alternate pretty much 50/50 between the Nikon 28-70 mm f/2.8 and the 80-200 f/2.8. Between the two of those I can pretty much cover all the bases I need. I’ve been sticking to the telephoto more recently than the wide-angle.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Any advice for aspiring ski photographers?</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Be prepared to stand around in the cold for long periods of time. Just get out and try and shoot as much as you possible can. Be creative and think outside the box. Don’t take the standard cliché images because everyone’s already seen those. Do something to set yourself apart from everyone else. That makes you stand out. Have fun while you’re doing it.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Awesome. What do you have lined up for the rest of your season?</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I’m getting ready to move into terrain park season here towards the end of March and beginning of April. Until then I’m hoping that the Northwest or somewhere else, maybe Utah or Jackson, continues to get pummeled with snow and I can get a few more weeks of pow shooting before I turn into a jib monkey.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Great. Thanks Ian.</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><em>Check out the following slides to see more of Ian and Tyler working yesterday at Stevens Pass.&nbsp;</em></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p>&nbsp;</p>
107215http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/201003/img_2362edit.jpgMark LeshIan Coble and Tyler Ceccanti at Stevens Pass107219http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/201003/img_2458edit.jpgMark LeshIan Coble and Tyler Ceccanti at Stevens Pass107217http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/201003/img_2393edit.jpgMark LeshIan Coble and Tyler Ceccanti at Stevens Pass107214http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/201003/img_2359edit.jpgMark LeshIan Coble and Tyler Ceccanti at Stevens Pass107216http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/201003/img_2368edit.jpgMark LeshIan Coble and Tyler Ceccanti at Stevens PassSat, 13 Mar 2010 06:13:04 +0000lesh107213 at http://www.skinet.com/skiingMeet Denja Rand, Local Lange Girl 2010http://www.skinet.com/skiing/photo-gallery/meet-denja-rand-local-lange-girl-2010?lnk=rss&loc=people
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<div class="caption">Denja Rand looks good—gorgeous—in ski boots and a bikini. You might think that’s enough to win the <a href="http://lange2009.freeskier.com/profiles/profile.php?user_id=23521" target="_blank">Local Lange Girl</a> contest for 2010, but you’d be wrong. She finished with 63,395 “hot votes,” but it wasn’t enough to win the popular vote.</div>
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<div class="caption"><em>Rand demonstrates proper stretching form.</em><p><strong>What was your campaign strategy? </strong><br />I let a bunch of people know and then it went crazy. I have friends in New York City who were spreading the word, I have cousins in Norway who were spreading the word, and all my friends are in different parts of the country. A lot of people I don’t know got into it.</p></div>
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<div class="caption"><em>Rand demonstrates proper stretching form.</em><p><strong>What was your campaign strategy? </strong><br />I let a bunch of people know and then it went crazy. I have friends in New York City who were spreading the word, I have cousins in Norway who were spreading the word, and all my friends are in different parts of the country. A lot of people I don’t know got into it.</p></div>
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<p>Denja Rand looks good—gorgeous—in ski boots and a bikini. You might think that’s enough to win the <a href="http://lange2009.freeskier.com/profiles/profile.php?user_id=23521" target="_blank">Local Lange Girl</a> contest for 2010, but you’d be wrong. She finished with 63,395 “hot votes,” but it wasn’t enough to win the popular vote.</p><p>So what makes Rand the perfect girl for Lange? Consider this: She’s been skiing since she was two years old, when her mother pushed her and her twin sister, Janne, down the driveway on skis. A former racer whose career was ended by injury, Rand currently teaches English and history and coaches teenagers at the National Sports Academy in Lake Placid, New York. Then there’s her pedigree—her father, Jay, was an Olympian in ski jumping and her mother, Gun, grew up in Norway ski racing. Rand is also comfortable in the public eye, riding shotgun in a firetruck during her boyfriend Andrew Weibrecht’s parade down Main Street of their hometown celebrating his bronze medal in the super G at the Vancouver Olympics.</p><p>We caught up with Rand after a day of Nordic skiing.</p>
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<p><em>More than a pretty face, Rand can use that pink gate wrencher to set a course.</em></p><p><strong>How did you decide to enter the Lange Girl contest?</strong><br />I heard about the contest online, and I thought it would be fun to do something different. Actually, I was sitting with Andrew [Weibrecht, her boyfriend] and he was like, you won’t do it. But I did it! We actually found out on the same day that I had won and he qualified for the Olympics. <br /><br /><strong>Your photos show you wearing Lange ski boots and a bikini, holding a gate wrencher and a radio. Who was the creative mastermind behind your photo shoot?</strong><br />It was all in good fun. I won, so it’s all good. It was my mom. We had fun, she got into it and was like, do this, move that.</p>
107152http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/201003/denja warm up.pngWarming Up
<p><em>Rand demonstrates proper stretching form.</em></p><p><strong>What was your campaign strategy? </strong><br />I let a bunch of people know and then it went crazy. I have friends in New York City who were spreading the word, I have cousins in Norway who were spreading the word, and all my friends are in different parts of the country. A lot of people I don’t know got into it.</p>
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<p><em>Rand shows off her fishing skills.</em></p><p><strong>You teach and coach at the National Sports Academy in Lake Placid. What was the reaction at school when you entered the contest?</strong><br />Everybody kind of got into it, the kids were really into it. I was a little worried about it in the beginning—you don’t know what the reaction will be to something like that. I was in study hall with the kids when I got the email that I had won. <br /><br /><strong>What do you do when you’re not on the slopes?</strong><br />In summer I’m definitely hanging out on the lake, and biking, hiking, wakeboarding, just being outside. Andrew’s getting me into fly fishing. Just keeping busy and active and catching up with friends since I don’t have a lot of time to do that during winter.</p>
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<p><em>Rand with all of her favorite things.</em></p><p><strong>Your boyfriend just won an Olympic bronze in super G. Do you ever give Andrew coaching advice?</strong><br />I think if I gave him coaching advice he just might laugh at me. I think just knowing what he goes through and how much pressure there is and how hard he works, just being aware of that really helps.<br /><strong><br />How does it feel to be one of the Lange girls?</strong><br />It’s great that they’re picking athletic girls, not just models, girls who really love skiing and are impacted by that in their lives and are pretty passionate it. That’s definitely part of why I entered it as well.</p>
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:08:21 +0000odwyer107144 at http://www.skinet.com/skiingFreestyle Skier Shannon Bahrke Talks Life After Bronze Medalhttp://www.skinet.com/skiing/photo-gallery/freestyle-skier-shannon-bahrke-talks-life-after-bronze-medal?lnk=rss&loc=people
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<div class="caption"><em>Shannon Bahrke (right) celebrates her bronze medal with gold medalist Hannah Kearney of the United States (center) and Jennifer Heil of Canada.</em><p>This is the second time I’ve spoken to Shannon Bahrke on the phone, and the first thing she does is apologize for not returning the message I left her the day after she won the bronze medal in women’s moguls. I tell her it’s fine, I understand she’s had more important things to do than sort through her voicemail.</p></div>
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<div class="caption"><em>Bahrke tears up the course at Cypress Mountain on February 13.</em><p><strong>Ready to Ride</strong><br />Standing at the top of the course at Cypress Mountain on that rainy night, Bahrke decided to go for broke.</p><p>“I had such a good feeling in the start gate,” she says. “I qualified in sixth place and I was so mad at myself—I did not work these last four years to get sixth place, so I just pushed out [of the start] like I wanted it.”</p><p>For me, watching NBC from the couch at home, her run looked like a winner, or close to it. Bahrke thought otherwise.</p></div>
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<div class="caption"><em>Bahrke embraces Kearney after her gold-medal run.</em><p><strong>Team First</strong><br />One of the challengers was teammate Heather McPhie, who fell on course and tumbled in the standings. Bharke was waiting at the bottom with a hug.</p><p>It’s easy to offer support from the top, but Bahrke had more hugs for Kearney after her gold-medal run, knocking her teammate off-balance with her enthusiasm.</p></div>
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<div class="caption"><em>Bahrke throws down before the Olympics.</em><p><strong>Looking Ahead</strong><br />Bahrke has said this is her final Olympics, and her final year of competition. She’s getting married in the fall, and wants to start a family while building her business, Silver Bean Coffee, and pursuing opportunities to return to the sport as a commentator. But for now, she’s enjoying her victory lap in Vancouver.</p></div>
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<p><em>Bahrke tears up the course at Cypress Mountain on February 13.</em></p><p><strong>Ready to Ride</strong><br />Standing at the top of the course at Cypress Mountain on that rainy night, Bahrke decided to go for broke.</p><p>“I had such a good feeling in the start gate,” she says. “I qualified in sixth place and I was so mad at myself—I did not work these last four years to get sixth place, so I just pushed out [of the start] like I wanted it.”</p><p>For me, watching NBC from the couch at home, her run looked like a winner, or close to it. Bahrke thought otherwise.</p><p>“I went big off the top air, and I thought I made a big mistake and I was really upset at that point but I knew I skied the middle section like I’d been training and just let it rip,” she remembers. “I went really big off the bottom air and finished great. I thought I’d made a significant mistake on the first air, but it turned out you couldn’t see it from the bottom. I got to the bottom and looked at the coaches and they were going insane.”</p>
With pink hair, a blinding smile, and a silver medal in moguls from the 2002 Olympics, Shannon Bahrke stood out in a crowd before the five-ring circus in Vancouver kicked off. Now she’s won a bronze medal and made multiple appearances on the Today show, finishing her last Olympics as one of America’s darlings. By Olivia Dwyer<!--paging_filter--><div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-pages">
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<div class="caption"><em>Shannon Bahrke (right) celebrates her bronze medal with gold medalist Hannah Kearney of the United States (center) and Jennifer Heil of Canada.</em><p>This is the second time I’ve spoken to Shannon Bahrke on the phone, and the first thing she does is apologize for not returning the message I left her the day after she won the bronze medal in women’s moguls. I tell her it’s fine, I understand she’s had more important things to do than sort through her voicemail.</p></div>
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<div class="caption"><em>Bahrke tears up the course at Cypress Mountain on February 13.</em><p><strong>Ready to Ride</strong><br />Standing at the top of the course at Cypress Mountain on that rainy night, Bahrke decided to go for broke.</p><p>“I had such a good feeling in the start gate,” she says. “I qualified in sixth place and I was so mad at myself—I did not work these last four years to get sixth place, so I just pushed out [of the start] like I wanted it.”</p><p>For me, watching NBC from the couch at home, her run looked like a winner, or close to it. Bahrke thought otherwise.</p></div>
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<div class="caption"><em>Bahrke embraces Kearney after her gold-medal run.</em><p><strong>Team First</strong><br />One of the challengers was teammate Heather McPhie, who fell on course and tumbled in the standings. Bharke was waiting at the bottom with a hug.</p><p>It’s easy to offer support from the top, but Bahrke had more hugs for Kearney after her gold-medal run, knocking her teammate off-balance with her enthusiasm.</p></div>
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<div class="caption"><em>Bahrke throws down before the Olympics.</em><p><strong>Looking Ahead</strong><br />Bahrke has said this is her final Olympics, and her final year of competition. She’s getting married in the fall, and wants to start a family while building her business, Silver Bean Coffee, and pursuing opportunities to return to the sport as a commentator. But for now, she’s enjoying her victory lap in Vancouver.</p></div>
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<p><em>Shannon Bahrke (right) celebrates her bronze medal with gold medalist Hannah Kearney of the United States (center) and Jennifer Heil of Canada.</em></p><p>This is the second time I’ve spoken to Shannon Bahrke on the phone, and the first thing she does is apologize for not returning the message I left her the day after she won the bronze medal in women’s moguls. I tell her it’s fine, I understand she’s had more important things to do than sort through her voicemail.</p><p>“It has been so crazy,” she says. “We got to go on the Today show a bunch of times. I’ve watched a couple of events, and I’ve been doing tons of interviews and spending time with my family.”</p><p>The first time I spoke to Bahrke, before the Olympics, she promised me the American women would make a run at a podium sweep. They came close during the women’s mogul competition on February 13, as Hannah Kearney took gold, Canada’s Jennifer Heil won silver, and Bahrke completed the U.S. bookend with a third-place finish.</p>
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<p><em>Bahrke tears up the course at Cypress Mountain on February 13.</em></p><p><strong>Ready to Ride</strong><br />Standing at the top of the course at Cypress Mountain on that rainy night, Bahrke decided to go for broke.</p><p>“I had such a good feeling in the start gate,” she says. “I qualified in sixth place and I was so mad at myself—I did not work these last four years to get sixth place, so I just pushed out [of the start] like I wanted it.”</p><p>For me, watching NBC from the couch at home, her run looked like a winner, or close to it. Bahrke thought otherwise.</p><p>“I went big off the top air, and I thought I made a big mistake and I was really upset at that point but I knew I skied the middle section like I’d been training and just let it rip,” she remembers. “I went really big off the bottom air and finished great. I thought I’d made a significant mistake on the first air, but it turned out you couldn’t see it from the bottom. I got to the bottom and looked at the coaches and they were going insane.”</p>
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<p><em>Bahrke embraces Kearney after her gold-medal run.</em></p><p><strong>Team First</strong><br />One of the challengers was teammate Heather McPhie, who fell on course and tumbled in the standings. Bharke was waiting at the bottom with a hug.</p><p>It’s easy to offer support from the top, but Bahrke had more hugs for Kearney after her gold-medal run, knocking her teammate off-balance with her enthusiasm.</p><p>“I whispered—well, probably not whispered but yelled—you just won the Olympics! I didn’t know what the judges were going to do. I said if they didn’t reward her for it, it was ridiculous,” Bahrke says.</p>
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<p><em>Bahrke throws down before the Olympics.</em></p><p><strong>Looking Ahead</strong><br />Bahrke has said this is her final Olympics, and her final year of competition. She’s getting married in the fall, and wants to start a family while building her business, Silver Bean Coffee, and pursuing opportunities to return to the sport as a commentator. But for now, she’s enjoying her victory lap in Vancouver.</p><p>“Every athlete dreams of going out on their own terms,” she says. “Everyone on our team works so hard, and for me to be able to win a medal in my last Olympics and go out on my own terms really means a lot.”<em>—Olivia Dwyer</em><br /><br /></p>
Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:20:54 +0000odwyer106713 at http://www.skinet.com/skiingSchleper Returns for Fourth Olympicshttp://www.skinet.com/skiing/photo-gallery/schleper-returns-fourth-olympics?lnk=rss&loc=people
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<div class="caption"><em>Sarah Schleper is back in racing form for her fourth Olympics.</em><p>Sarah Schleper knows a thing or two about the Olympics, since the Vancouver Games are her fourth appearance with the U.S. Ski Team. She knows the Opening Ceremonies are a can’t-miss event, but she also knows there is no eye in the Olympic storm.</p></div>
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<p><em>Sarah Schleper is back in racing form for her fourth Olympics.</em></p><p>Sarah Schleper knows a thing or two about the Olympics, since the Vancouver Games are her fourth appearance with the U.S. Ski Team. She knows the Opening Ceremonies are a can’t-miss event, but she also knows there is no eye in the Olympic storm.</p><p>That explains why she left Canada after the Opening Ceremonies, and is now speaking with me over Skype from her hotel room in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where she’s training with the U.S. tech team until returning to Vancouver on February 19. I can hear her two-year-old son, Lasse, playing in the background as she talks about how her life has changed since 2006.</p>
A lot has changed since Sarah Schleper skied for the U.S. at the 2006 Olympics in Turin. On hiatus due to a knee injury, she fell in love and got married. Then she took another winter off to have her son. Now she’s back, competing in Vancouver with her new family cheering her on. By Olivia Dwyer<!--paging_filter--><div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-pages">
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<div class="caption"><em>Sarah Schleper is back in racing form for her fourth Olympics.</em><p>Sarah Schleper knows a thing or two about the Olympics, since the Vancouver Games are her fourth appearance with the U.S. Ski Team. She knows the Opening Ceremonies are a can’t-miss event, but she also knows there is no eye in the Olympic storm.</p></div>
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<div class="caption"><strong>Your son is two years old, the same age you were when you first got on skis. Is he learning yet? </strong>My husband takes him to my races, and there’s a great spot for him to learn how [to ski] down there at the finish. We take runs with him and we have a harness that you can hold the reins to. He’s learning how to snowplow and hockey stop.<br /></div>
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<p><em>Sarah Schleper is back in racing form for her fourth Olympics.</em></p><p>Sarah Schleper knows a thing or two about the Olympics, since the Vancouver Games are her fourth appearance with the U.S. Ski Team. She knows the Opening Ceremonies are a can’t-miss event, but she also knows there is no eye in the Olympic storm.</p><p>That explains why she left Canada after the Opening Ceremonies, and is now speaking with me over Skype from her hotel room in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where she’s training with the U.S. tech team until returning to Vancouver on February 19. I can hear her two-year-old son, Lasse, playing in the background as she talks about how her life has changed since 2006.</p>
106708http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/201002/Sarah__Son.jpgFederico GaxiolaNext Generation
<p><em>Schleper with her son, Lasse, who is already learning how to ski.</em></p><p><strong>You’ve been to four different Winter Olympics—Nagano, Salt Lake City, Turin, and now Vancouver. How are they all different? What stays the same?</strong> Japan was just totally overwhelming for me. I’d never been to the Orient before, I’d never been to the Olympics before. I just soaked it all in and enjoyed every day. Salt Lake City, being in my home country was really great. It was the best Opening Ceremonies because everyone was really jacked up for all the Americans. In Italy, I just went and tried to have a great time. They’ve all been a little bit disappointing. The main goal as an athlete is to win a medal. You’re not there to watch or party—you’re there to win a medal and that’s the bottom line. And I wanted to give myself another shot at that.<br /><strong><br />How has having a family changed your perspective on ski racing?</strong> Before my life was focused on skiing. Now that my family comes on the road, and just having a family, it makes that more of a priority than skiing. It’s so nice to have them with me while I’m traveling. Before, home was so far away. Now that they’re with me I feel that home is wherever I go. If I have a bad day, I come home and hang out with Lasse, and that’s anything but a bad day. He’s the joy of my life. Also, my husband does such a good job. I couldn’t do it without him.</p>
106707http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/201002/Federico Gaxiola.jpgFederico GaxiolaReady to Rip
<p><strong>Your son is two years old, the same age you were when you first got on skis. Is he learning yet? </strong>My husband takes him to my races, and there’s a great spot for him to learn how [to ski] down there at the finish. We take runs with him and we have a harness that you can hold the reins to. He’s learning how to snowplow and hockey stop.<br /><br /><strong>You’re older and more experienced than most of the women on the U.S. Ski Team. Do you ever feel your age? Do they turn to you for help? </strong>Actually, going into the Vancouver Games with teammates who have never been to the Olympics is the first time I really felt my age. We get along so well and we all kind of help each other. Last year, when I was coming back, Megan [McJames] was skiing so well in GS and I was like—help me out! She has a bit more modern technique. I try to do the same for them. I help them with what I know more of and they help me with what they know more of.</p>
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<p><em>Schleper, with Lasse and husband Federico Gaxiola, shows off her hardware.</em></p><p><strong>Do you feel like you’ll like you’ll reach a level at the Vancouver Olympics that’s eluded you before?</strong> I feel like my skiing’s there. I just hope the stars align and I get some luck on my side. Anything’s possible. I’m a long shot for a medal. I haven’t been on a podium this year. But I’m on the upswing for sure. I’m going in there believing anything is possible. <br /><strong><br />Is this your last Olympics, or is there more in store for you?</strong> My heart’s still in skiing. I’m kind of on the fence. The thing that holds me back is physical capability. Some days my body hurts. But this other side of me is like, I can’t give up.</p><p>Schleper will race in the giant slalom on February 24 and the slalom on February 26 at Whistler.<em>—Olivia Dwyer</em></p>
Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:47:58 +0000odwyer106705 at http://www.skinet.com/skiingTop 10 Most Influential Skiers of All Time http://www.skinet.com/skiing/photo-gallery/top-10-most-influential-skiers-all-time?lnk=rss&loc=people
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<h4 class="title">Honorable Mention: Alberto Tomba</h4>
<div class="caption">"Tomba la Bomba's" influence came through his total domination of the ski racing world in the late 80s and early 90s. He won three Olympic gold medals, two silver medals, a slalom World Championship, and 50 victories on the World Cup. It all started when at age 21, he beat his idol, Ingemar Stenmark in GS at the <a class="external-link external-link external-link external-link external-link external-link" title="www.fis-ski.com" href="http://www.fis-ski.com/" target="_blank">World Cup</a> in Sestriere, Italy. <br /></div>
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<h4 class="title">Honorable Mention: Suzy "Chapstick" Chaffee</h4>
<div class="caption">Suzy Chapstick did as much for the sport on television as she did in the race circuit. Her trademark blonde hair and spandex leotard urged young men around the country to get off the couch and onto the slopes. In the 1970s, Chaffee was seen mostly on <a class="external-link" title="www.chapstick.com" href="http://www.chapstick.com/" target="_blank">Chapstick</a> commercials, but she also made appearances in James Bond movies (performing ski ballet in the opening credits) and in the tabloids as rumors that she was seeing a married Ted Kennedy swirled. <br /></div>
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<div class="caption">Miller is said to be the most successful American skier in Alpine skiing, with 31 World Cup victories. He is also a four-time World Champion in four different disciplines and has a pair of silver medals from the 2002 Winter Olympics. In 2005, Miller won the World Cup Overall title for the second time in his career. <br /></div>
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<h4 class="title">Honorable Mention: Kim Reichhelm</h4>
<div class="caption">Like many of the people on our list, Reichhelm is known equally for her medals under her belt as she is for helping advance the sport through teaching people new techniques and basic principals. For 18 years she has helped run numerous camps, the biggest being <a class="external-link" title="www.skiwithkim.com" href="http://www.skiwithkim.com" target="_blank">Ski With Kim</a>, where women and big-mountain skiing comes first. Reichhelm says “A lot of people feel so empowered by their ski experience that it carries into the rest of their lives.</div>
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<div class="caption">Okay, so Burton isn't known for his days on skis, but we think his influence stems not from what he brought to the sport, but what he took away from it. That being, about half the winter sports population. <br /></div>
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<div class="caption">Jonny Moseley changed the sport of skiing -- and the way ski competitions were judged -- with a few simple tricks. Moseley wowed the crowd at the 2002 Winter Olympics with his signature "Dinner Roll" which judges ruled illegal. Moseley later lobbied for the inverted trick to be allowed in competition and in future freestyle mogul events --changing FIS rules and the sport of skiing forever.<br /></div>
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<div class="caption">Arguably the greatest skier of his time, Jean-Claude Killy collected back-to-back World Cup championships in 1967-1968 and won the Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing with a sweep of all three gold medals at the 1968 Winter Olympics. He brought his skiing influence to the U.S. in 1969, when he signed a deal with Head Skis to endorse their metal and fiberglass ski model, the Killy 800. He later became a spokesman for Chevrolet and starred in several movies and television shows. He earned the American nickname, "Chocolate Kitty,” because of the way he said his name with his thick accent.</div>
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<div class="caption">Doug Coombs arguably did more for the sport of ski mountaineering than Michael Jordan did for basketball. He won his first World Extreme Skiing Championships in Valdez, Alaska in 1991, and pioneered extreme skiing in North America and Europe in the years that followed. Coombs has skied steeper lines and made more first descents than anyone in the sport, all the while running his own heli-skiing company and running <a title="www.dougcoombs.com" href="http://www.dougcoombs.com/" target="_blank">Steep Skiing Camps</a>.<br /></div>
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<div class="caption">Any skier worth their weight in "Sierra cement" snow should be thanking Alf and the whole Engen family for their tremendous contributions to skiing. Alf developed powder skiing at <a title="www.alta.com" href="http://www.alta.com/" target="_blank">Alta</a>, UT, in the 1940s and helped create ski schools at Alta and <a title="www.snowbird.com" href="http://www.snowbird.com/" target="_blank">Snowbird</a>. The ideology and techniques of these schools were later translated throughout resorts nationwide, leaving Engen with the legacy of teaching people to ski everywhere. <br /></div>
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<div class="caption">Norwegian Stein Eriksen won a gold medal in Giant Slalom and a silver medal in Slalom at the 1952 Olympics in Olso, Norway, becoming the first male skier from outside the Alps region to win Olympic gold. This achievement earned him the Holmenkollen medal that same year. He followed that success by winning three gold medals (Slalom, Giant Slalom and Combined) at the 1954 World Championships in Åre, Sweden. <br /></div>
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<h4 class="title">#3: Scot Schmidt</h4>
<div class="caption">Scot Schmidt is one of the world’s most recognized skiers and the first-ever professional extreme skier. He started his professional skiing career in <a title="www.squaw.com" href="http://www.squaw.com/" target="_blank">Squaw Valley</a> in 1983 (where he tuned skis), when a Warren Miller cameraman asked him to appear in their film, <em>Ski Time</em>. He heard from local lore that Schmidt’s powerful yet relaxed style of skiing and hucking 60- to 100-foot cliffs set him apart from other skiers on the mountain.</div>
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<h4 class="title">#2: Warren Miller</h4>
<div class="caption">Warren Miller is arguably the most iconic figure in the world of skiing. His annual ski films are regarded as celebrations of the beginning of each ski season.<br /></div>
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<h4 class="title">#1: Dick Durrance </h4>
<div class="caption">Dick Durrance started his dominance in the ski world when he won the German Junior Alpine Championship in 1932 at age 17. Two years later, he became the first American to dominate a major European ski race when he won at Sestriere, Italy. In the 1936 Olympics he placed eleventh in downhill, eighth in slalom and tenth in the combined. Durrance was a 17-time national champion and a three-time winner of the Harriman Cup in <a title="www.sunvalley.com" href="http://www.sunvalley.com/SunValley/Index.aspx" target="_blank">Sun Valley</a>.</div>
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<h4 class="title">Honorable Mention: Alberto Tomba</h4>
<div class="caption">"Tomba la Bomba's" influence came through his total domination of the ski racing world in the late 80s and early 90s. He won three Olympic gold medals, two silver medals, a slalom World Championship, and 50 victories on the World Cup. It all started when at age 21, he beat his idol, Ingemar Stenmark in GS at the <a class="external-link external-link external-link external-link external-link external-link" title="www.fis-ski.com" href="http://www.fis-ski.com/" target="_blank">World Cup</a> in Sestriere, Italy. <br /></div>
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<h4 class="title">Honorable Mention: Suzy "Chapstick" Chaffee</h4>
<div class="caption">Suzy Chapstick did as much for the sport on television as she did in the race circuit. Her trademark blonde hair and spandex leotard urged young men around the country to get off the couch and onto the slopes. In the 1970s, Chaffee was seen mostly on <a class="external-link" title="www.chapstick.com" href="http://www.chapstick.com/" target="_blank">Chapstick</a> commercials, but she also made appearances in James Bond movies (performing ski ballet in the opening credits) and in the tabloids as rumors that she was seeing a married Ted Kennedy swirled. <br /></div>
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<h4 class="title">Honorable Mention: Bode Miller</h4>
<div class="caption">Miller is said to be the most successful American skier in Alpine skiing, with 31 World Cup victories. He is also a four-time World Champion in four different disciplines and has a pair of silver medals from the 2002 Winter Olympics. In 2005, Miller won the World Cup Overall title for the second time in his career. <br /></div>
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<h4 class="title">Honorable Mention: Kim Reichhelm</h4>
<div class="caption">Like many of the people on our list, Reichhelm is known equally for her medals under her belt as she is for helping advance the sport through teaching people new techniques and basic principals. For 18 years she has helped run numerous camps, the biggest being <a class="external-link" title="www.skiwithkim.com" href="http://www.skiwithkim.com" target="_blank">Ski With Kim</a>, where women and big-mountain skiing comes first. Reichhelm says “A lot of people feel so empowered by their ski experience that it carries into the rest of their lives.</div>
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<h4 class="title">#10: Jake Burton Carpenter</h4>
<div class="caption">Okay, so Burton isn't known for his days on skis, but we think his influence stems not from what he brought to the sport, but what he took away from it. That being, about half the winter sports population. <br /></div>
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<h4 class="title">#9: Jonny Moseley</h4>
<div class="caption">Jonny Moseley changed the sport of skiing -- and the way ski competitions were judged -- with a few simple tricks. Moseley wowed the crowd at the 2002 Winter Olympics with his signature "Dinner Roll" which judges ruled illegal. Moseley later lobbied for the inverted trick to be allowed in competition and in future freestyle mogul events --changing FIS rules and the sport of skiing forever.<br /></div>
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<h4 class="title">#8: Jean-Claude Killy</h4>
<div class="caption">Arguably the greatest skier of his time, Jean-Claude Killy collected back-to-back World Cup championships in 1967-1968 and won the Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing with a sweep of all three gold medals at the 1968 Winter Olympics. He brought his skiing influence to the U.S. in 1969, when he signed a deal with Head Skis to endorse their metal and fiberglass ski model, the Killy 800. He later became a spokesman for Chevrolet and starred in several movies and television shows. He earned the American nickname, "Chocolate Kitty,” because of the way he said his name with his thick accent.</div>
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<h4 class="title">#7: Doug Coombs</h4>
<div class="caption">Doug Coombs arguably did more for the sport of ski mountaineering than Michael Jordan did for basketball. He won his first World Extreme Skiing Championships in Valdez, Alaska in 1991, and pioneered extreme skiing in North America and Europe in the years that followed. Coombs has skied steeper lines and made more first descents than anyone in the sport, all the while running his own heli-skiing company and running <a title="www.dougcoombs.com" href="http://www.dougcoombs.com/" target="_blank">Steep Skiing Camps</a>.<br /></div>
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<h4 class="title">#6: Alf Engen</h4>
<div class="caption">Any skier worth their weight in "Sierra cement" snow should be thanking Alf and the whole Engen family for their tremendous contributions to skiing. Alf developed powder skiing at <a title="www.alta.com" href="http://www.alta.com/" target="_blank">Alta</a>, UT, in the 1940s and helped create ski schools at Alta and <a title="www.snowbird.com" href="http://www.snowbird.com/" target="_blank">Snowbird</a>. The ideology and techniques of these schools were later translated throughout resorts nationwide, leaving Engen with the legacy of teaching people to ski everywhere. <br /></div>
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<h4 class="title">#5: Glen Plake</h4>
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<h4 class="title">#4: Stein Eriksen</h4>
<div class="caption">Norwegian Stein Eriksen won a gold medal in Giant Slalom and a silver medal in Slalom at the 1952 Olympics in Olso, Norway, becoming the first male skier from outside the Alps region to win Olympic gold. This achievement earned him the Holmenkollen medal that same year. He followed that success by winning three gold medals (Slalom, Giant Slalom and Combined) at the 1954 World Championships in Åre, Sweden. <br /></div>
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<h4 class="title">#3: Scot Schmidt</h4>
<div class="caption">Scot Schmidt is one of the world’s most recognized skiers and the first-ever professional extreme skier. He started his professional skiing career in <a title="www.squaw.com" href="http://www.squaw.com/" target="_blank">Squaw Valley</a> in 1983 (where he tuned skis), when a Warren Miller cameraman asked him to appear in their film, <em>Ski Time</em>. He heard from local lore that Schmidt’s powerful yet relaxed style of skiing and hucking 60- to 100-foot cliffs set him apart from other skiers on the mountain.</div>
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<h4 class="title">#2: Warren Miller</h4>
<div class="caption">Warren Miller is arguably the most iconic figure in the world of skiing. His annual ski films are regarded as celebrations of the beginning of each ski season.<br /></div>
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<h4 class="title">#1: Dick Durrance </h4>
<div class="caption">Dick Durrance started his dominance in the ski world when he won the German Junior Alpine Championship in 1932 at age 17. Two years later, he became the first American to dominate a major European ski race when he won at Sestriere, Italy. In the 1936 Olympics he placed eleventh in downhill, eighth in slalom and tenth in the combined. Durrance was a 17-time national champion and a three-time winner of the Harriman Cup in <a title="www.sunvalley.com" href="http://www.sunvalley.com/SunValley/Index.aspx" target="_blank">Sun Valley</a>.</div>
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gallery60111http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/2008-11/tomba2.jpgAlbertoTomba.comHonorable Mention: Alberto Tomba
<p>"Tomba la Bomba's" influence came through his total domination of the ski racing world in the late 80s and early 90s. He won three Olympic gold medals, two silver medals, a slalom World Championship, and 50 victories on the World Cup. It all started when at age 21, he beat his idol, Ingemar Stenmark in GS at the <a class="external-link external-link external-link external-link external-link external-link" title="www.fis-ski.com" href="http://www.fis-ski.com/" target="_blank">World Cup</a> in Sestriere, Italy. <br /><br />Tomba's influence on the ski world also comes through his trademark Italian swagger. With his jet-black greased-back hair and Roman good looks, "la Bomba" never had trouble finding a party or a woman. The spotlight and his success on the podium gave Tomba a well-known ego, as he claimed being "the new messiah of skiing." <br /><br />Egos aside, Tomba's unique slalom style and large frame are really what revolutionized the event. Instead of letting his skis come apart in the "skating step" between turns, Tomba kept them tight together, which created smoother turns. Other athletes have since followed his footsteps between the gates and off the slopes.</p>
60105http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/2008-11/suzychapstick.jpgFatboy.comHonorable Mention: Suzy "Chapstick" Chaffee
<p>Suzy Chapstick did as much for the sport on television as she did in the race circuit. Her trademark blonde hair and spandex leotard urged young men around the country to get off the couch and onto the slopes. In the 1970s, Chaffee was seen mostly on <a class="external-link" title="www.chapstick.com" href="http://www.chapstick.com/" target="_blank">Chapstick</a> commercials, but she also made appearances in James Bond movies (performing ski ballet in the opening credits) and in the tabloids as rumors that she was seeing a married Ted Kennedy swirled. <br /><br />Chaffee's skiing accolades are as impressive as her social ones. Chaffee was the top-ranked U.S. skier at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. She was also a three-time world freestyle skiing champion (1971-73). All of her pursuits ended in 1988 as she was finally inducted into the United States National Ski Hall of Fame. <br /><br />Suzy Chapstick might not have been the most serious female skier of her time, but her good looks helped resorts book thousands of lift tickets in the 60s and 70s.</p>
60110http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/2008-11/bode_miller.jpgtypepad.comHonorable Mention: Bode Miller
<p>Miller is said to be the most successful American skier in Alpine skiing, with 31 World Cup victories. He is also a four-time World Champion in four different disciplines and has a pair of silver medals from the 2002 Winter Olympics. In 2005, Miller won the World Cup Overall title for the second time in his career. <br /><br /> Although Miller is known in many circles as a hard-partying jerk, his influence in the ski community is far-reaching. As one of the first athletes to break away from the <a class="external-link" title="www.usskiteam.com" href="http://www.usskiteam.com/public/special.php?dId=6" target="_blank">U.S. Ski team</a> -- and be successful -- Miller and his "Team America" showed the world that it didn't matter how much you partied -- it just mattered how fast you could go. <br /><br /> Legends like Alberto Tomba and Phil Mahre may have given Miller his chance to succeed, but he took it a bit further by smashing their records.</p>
60109http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/2008-11/kim reichhelm.jpgHonorable Mention: Kim Reichhelm
<p>Like many of the people on our list, Reichhelm is known equally for her medals under her belt as she is for helping advance the sport through teaching people new techniques and basic principals. For 18 years she has helped run numerous camps, the biggest being <a class="external-link" title="www.skiwithkim.com" href="http://www.skiwithkim.com" target="_blank">Ski With Kim</a>, where women and big-mountain skiing comes first. Reichhelm says “A lot of people feel so empowered by their ski experience that it carries into the rest of their lives. That’s a very cool thing to do just by doing a sport I love.”<br /><br /> Reichhelm's credentials take her far back into the world of skiing -- showing the world that a women can ski just as hard as the boys and come out on top. She has won two World Extreme Skiing Championships and has other winnings in the U.S. Extremes and the South American Extremes. She has also helped to advance the sport through much needed PR - appearing on “Late Night” with David Letterman and Dateline NBC, and is a frequent commentator/host for ESPN, FOX, OLN and Resort Sports Network. <br /><br />Today, Reichhelm is focused on turning people on to the sport through her infectious enthusiasm and passion. She works tirelessly to break gender stereotypes in the industry and advance skiing as a whole.</p>
60102http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/2008-11/burton.jpgBurton.com#10: Jake Burton Carpenter
<p>Okay, so Burton isn't known for his days on skis, but we think his influence stems not from what he brought to the sport, but what he took away from it. That being, about half the winter sports population. <br /><br /> <a title="www.burton.com" href="http://www.burton.com/default.aspx" target="_blank">Burton</a> started his skiing career competing for the University of Colorado at Boulder but was later forced to switch gears because of a car accident. After he transferred to a different university, he set up shop in Vermont and attempted to improve the "Snurfer, " a toy snowboard with a rope. These attempts later turned into real snowboards with bentwood laminate and fixed bindings -- opening up the skiing world to those rowdy snowboarders. <br /><br />Perhaps Burton's influence was most felt this year when the skiing-only resort, Taos, opened its chairlifts to the one-plank population.</p>
60097http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/2008-11/JMoseley.JPGFlip McCririck#9: Jonny Moseley
<p>Jonny Moseley changed the sport of skiing -- and the way ski competitions were judged -- with a few simple tricks. Moseley wowed the crowd at the 2002 Winter Olympics with his signature "Dinner Roll" which judges ruled illegal. Moseley later lobbied for the inverted trick to be allowed in competition and in future freestyle mogul events --changing FIS rules and the sport of skiing forever.<br /><br /> Moseley is perhaps known equally for his time on the slopes as off as he has become a prominent figure throughout different mediums, including radio, television, and most recently, <a title="www.skinet.com/warrenmiller" href="http://www.skinet.com/warrenmiller/" target="_blank">Warren Miller movies</a>. In 2003, he hosted Saturday Night Live, and then became one of People's 50 Most Eligible Bachelors. He has hosted shows on MTV and hosts a popular radio show in San Francisco. Moseley's influence is due in part to how he brought skiing into homes across the nation and made people rally behind this overlooked sport.<br /><br /> In 2007 Moseley was inducted into the Ski Hall of Fame, firmly securing his place in our beloved sport's history.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
60096http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/2008-11/jean-claude killy.jpg#8: Jean-Claude Killy
<p>Arguably the greatest skier of his time, Jean-Claude Killy collected back-to-back World Cup championships in 1967-1968 and won the Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing with a sweep of all three gold medals at the 1968 Winter Olympics. He brought his skiing influence to the U.S. in 1969, when he signed a deal with Head Skis to endorse their metal and fiberglass ski model, the Killy 800. He later became a spokesman for Chevrolet and starred in several movies and television shows. He earned the American nickname, "Chocolate Kitty,” because of the way he said his name with his thick accent.<br /><br /> Killy acted as a member of the Executive board of the Alpine skiing Committee of the FIS (from 1977-1994), was the co-president of the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, and was a member of the <a title="www.olympic.org" href="http://www.olympic.org/uk/index_uk.asp" target="_blank">International Olympic Committee</a> from 1995-2008.<br /><br /> He has several trails throughout the world named after him including the "Cupp Run," at <a title="www.snowshoemtn.com" href="http://www.snowshoemtn.com/index.htm" target="_blank">Snowshoe</a>, W.V. (which he designed), at Val d'Isère, and his run at Tignes was given the name l'Espace Killy in his honor.</p>
60094http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/2008-11/coombs.jpgDavid Stubbs#7: Doug Coombs
<p>Doug Coombs arguably did more for the sport of ski mountaineering than Michael Jordan did for basketball. He won his first World Extreme Skiing Championships in Valdez, Alaska in 1991, and pioneered extreme skiing in North America and Europe in the years that followed. Coombs has skied steeper lines and made more first descents than anyone in the sport, all the while running his own heli-skiing company and running <a title="www.dougcoombs.com" href="http://www.dougcoombs.com/" target="_blank">Steep Skiing Camps</a>.<br /><br /> Coomb's generous and adventurous spirit may have been his Achilles heel. In April 2006, as he was showing his friend Chad VanderHam lines in Couloir de Polichinelle in La Grave, France, when VanderHam fell and Coombs died trying to rescue him.<br /><br /> Coombs' influence over the industry would have undoubtedly been felt further had he not died a premature death. His legacy of his Steeps Skiing Camp as well as <a title="www.valdezheliskiguides.com" href="http://www.valdezheliskiguides.com/" target="_blank">Valdez Heli-Ski Guides</a> (and heli-skiing as a whole) lives on in his memory.</p>
60093http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/2008-11/alf_engen_frontcover.jpgCourtesy of Alta#6: Alf Engen
<p>Any skier worth their weight in "Sierra cement" snow should be thanking Alf and the whole Engen family for their tremendous contributions to skiing. Alf developed powder skiing at <a title="www.alta.com" href="http://www.alta.com/" target="_blank">Alta</a>, UT, in the 1940s and helped create ski schools at Alta and <a title="www.snowbird.com" href="http://www.snowbird.com/" target="_blank">Snowbird</a>. The ideology and techniques of these schools were later translated throughout resorts nationwide, leaving Engen with the legacy of teaching people to ski everywhere. <br /><br />Engen started as a ski jumper in Norway, moving to Utah in the late 1930s. He claimed the National Jumping Champion title eight times between 1931-1946, securing his credibility in the ski world before powder skiing and ski schools came about. After learning how to downhill ski at the age of 30, Engen won the downhill and slalom National Championship in 1947. Engen was also the recipient of numerous awards including the All-American Ski Trophy, 1937, Americanism Award in 1940, Helm's Hall of Fame Award in 1954; and Skier's Hall of Fame Award in 1956. <br /><br />Engen passed away in 1991 at the age of 88. He dearly loved skiing and the mountains in Utah and had hoped to see the sport "further developed," besides, of course, the tremendous strides he had already made.</p><p>With help from the Utah History Encyclopedia.</p>
60095http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/2008-11/Glen Plake.jpgGrant Delin#5: Glen Plake
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60100http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/2008-11/Stein Ericksen.jpgFred Lindholm#4: Stein Eriksen
<p>Norwegian Stein Eriksen won a gold medal in Giant Slalom and a silver medal in Slalom at the 1952 Olympics in Olso, Norway, becoming the first male skier from outside the Alps region to win Olympic gold. This achievement earned him the Holmenkollen medal that same year. He followed that success by winning three gold medals (Slalom, Giant Slalom and Combined) at the 1954 World Championships in Åre, Sweden. <br /><br />After his Olympic success, Eriksen moved to the U.S. where he became a ski instructor and director of various ski schools before settling down at <a title="www.deervalley.com" href="http://www.deervalley.com/" target="_blank">Deer Valley Resort</a>, UT. It is said that he helped revolutionize the alpine skiing world, especially in America, with his teaching techniques and is credited with the innovation of “aerials.” <br /><br />He currently serves as the director of the Deer Valley ski school and as host of the <a title="www.steinlodge.com" href="http://www.steinlodge.com/" target="_blank">Stein Eriksen Lodge</a> —named in his honor, but not owned by him. Ski historians regard Eriksen as skiing's "first superstar," since he was handsome, stylish, charismatic, and made such gorgeous turns.</p>
60098http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/2008-11/Scot Schmidt.jpgScott Markewitz#3: Scot Schmidt
<p>Scot Schmidt is one of the world’s most recognized skiers and the first-ever professional extreme skier. He started his professional skiing career in <a title="www.squaw.com" href="http://www.squaw.com/" target="_blank">Squaw Valley</a> in 1983 (where he tuned skis), when a Warren Miller cameraman asked him to appear in their film, <em>Ski Time</em>. He heard from local lore that Schmidt’s powerful yet relaxed style of skiing and hucking 60- to 100-foot cliffs set him apart from other skiers on the mountain. Schmidt starred in a total of 39 films including such cult classics as <em>Blizzard of Aahhs</em>, <em>License to Thrill</em> and <em>Groove: Requiem in the Key of Ski</em>. <br /><br />Schmidt parlayed his extreme skiing prowess into several careers including Technical Consultant, Stuntman and Stunt Coordinator for the film industry. He has also used his skiing expertise in various research, design and development projects to create ski-industry related products including the development of the “Steep Tech” line of skiwear for <a title="www.thenorthface.com" href="http://www.thenorthface.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TNFLocaleSelectionForm?storeId=10003" target="_blank">The North Face</a> and most recently has worked with <a title="www.stockli.com" href="http://www.stockli.com/" target="_blank">Stöckli Ski USA</a> to develop a pro model signature ski. <br /><br />He is also co-founder and vice president of athlete relations of <a class="external-link" title="www.gowithapro.com" href="http://www.gowithapro.com" target="_blank"> Go with a Pro </a>. Schmidt is also an active shareholder in the <a title="www.islandlakeresorts.com" href="http://www.islandlakeresorts.com/winter/" target="_blank">Island Lake Lodge</a> backcountry skiing operation in Fernie, B.C.</p>
60101http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/2008-11/WarrenMiller.jpg#2: Warren Miller
<p>Warren Miller is arguably the most iconic figure in the world of skiing. His annual ski films are regarded as celebrations of the beginning of each ski season.<br /><br /> It all started in 1946 when Miller and a friend moved to <a title="www.sunvalley.com" href="http://www.sunvalley.com/SunValley/Index.aspx" target="_blank">Sun Valley</a>, ID, lived in the parking lot in a teardrop trailer and earned money as ski instructors. In their free time, the two would film each other in order to critique their ski techniques. In the summer, they did the same thing while surfing off the California coast.<br /><br /> Miller showed his ski and surf films to friends and told stories and jokes while they watched. After receiving countless invitations from friends to show his films and narrate them at parties, he realized he could make his hobby his business.<br /><br /> In 1949, he founded <a title="www.skinet.com/warrenmiller" href="http://www.skinet.com/warrenmiller/" target="_blank">Warren Miller Entertainment</a> and began his long-standing tradition of producing an annual, feature-length ski film. He toured his film around to theaters near ski towns each year, often showing it at night, so he could shoot the next year’s footage during the day. Before long, Miller was showing his films in 130 cities a year. In the late 1990s, Miller stepped aside from his hands-on production of the film, but one is still produced annually in his name. Since 1950, Warren Miller Entertainment has produced 59 feature-length ski films—and still counting.<br /><br /></p>
60099http://www.skinet.com/skiing/files/_images/2008-11/durrance.jpgSteve Bradley#1: Dick Durrance
<p>Dick Durrance started his dominance in the ski world when he won the German Junior Alpine Championship in 1932 at age 17. Two years later, he became the first American to dominate a major European ski race when he won at Sestriere, Italy. In the 1936 Olympics he placed eleventh in downhill, eighth in slalom and tenth in the combined. Durrance was a 17-time national champion and a three-time winner of the Harriman Cup in <a title="www.sunvalley.com" href="http://www.sunvalley.com/SunValley/Index.aspx" target="_blank">Sun Valley</a>. In 1939, he helped cut the original trails on Bald Mountain in Sun Valley. <br /><br />In 1941, Durrance bought and operated the lodge and lifts at <a title="www.alta.com" href="http://www.alta.com/" target="_blank">Alta</a>, UT, where he hosted U.S. Army paratroopers to train to ski. In 1945 after a brief stint at Boeing in Seattle, Durrance and his family relocated to Denver where he worked for Thor Groswold, designing and testing Groswold skis—the nation’s premier skis at the time. At the same time, he sold J-bar and T-bar ski lifts for Ernest Constam, the inventor. Durrance sold his first T-bar to Aspen resort and in 1947 was hired to manage <a title="www.aspensnowmass.com" href="http://www.aspensnowmass.com/" target="_blank">Aspen Ski Corp</a>. He turned around the then struggling resort when he brought the 1950 World Championships to town, which helped put Aspen on the map as one of North America’s most popular ski resorts. Durrance also produced a number of ski films and dedicated his life to the promotion of skiing.</p>
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